According to the heads at PistonHeads, Honda's preparing to unveil the production verision of the 2007 Civic Type R — that Blighty-built performance model we've admired from afar — at the Paris show next month. Word is, the company's planning its largest display ever, as its push for a wider European profile… »8/30/06 8:51am 8/30/06 8:51am

We got our first peep of the concept model at the Geneva show, where Honda introduced it to a crowd of rabid ricer kids (disguised as the world's motoring journalists in ill-fitting suits). Now a production model of the UK's own 2008 Honda Civic Type R coupe has been spotted in what we'd assume to be shakedown… »5/19/06 8:40am 5/19/06 8:40am

Honda rolled out a prototype of what will become the Type R, which for the uninitiated in the ways of Honda's globalized wackiness, a UK-built, hotrodded Civic. Powered by the corporate 2.0-liter DOHC i-VTEC four banger, producing 197 bhp (200 in metric), the Type R will likely get a full range of skirting and other… »3/01/06 11:13am 3/01/06 11:13am

We don't really know why we torture you with this stuff. We'll never see the Civic Type-R on these shores, because Honda's weird. And they don't wanna cannibalize RSX sales. Interestingly, the Type-R concept stepping at Geneva's got 200hp. Well then, how is that better than the Si, really? All will be revealed, we're… »2/23/06 4:19pm 2/23/06 4:19pm

Ok, our many and various UK friends, try your best not to gloat. Thanks much. The new UK-built Civic Type-R will make its debut in Geneva next month, replacing the last-gen version, which was discontinued in 2005. Sadly, as we reported in December, the US won't be getting this version — which, according to Edmunds …»2/02/06 8:07am 2/02/06 8:07am

While Honda's hyping the release of the new Civic Si as a return to form here in the US, the boys and girls in Tokyo are preparing to unleash a new Type-R elsewhere in the world, including the UK. Details on the latest rendition of the hooniest of the Civic litter are sparse at this point, although we do know that… »12/20/05 8:18pm 12/20/05 8:18pm